Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

δύσιππος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσιππος δύσιππον

Structure: δυσιππ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to ride in;, parts unfit for cavalry-service

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνοσ ἑαυτὸν ἐξηπάτησε, διὰ τὴν ἔμπροσθεν ἀπάτην ἀπιστῶν τῷ Ἀγησιλάῳ, καὶ νῦν γοῦν αὐτὸν ἅψεσθαι τῆσ Καρίασ νομίζων οὔσησ δυσίππου πολὺ τῷ ἱππικῷ λειπόμενον. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 10 1:2)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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